Google Will Update How Search Works Portal
Under a year ago Google updated the how search works portal which is over here. Before that, it was launched in 2013 and was not updated that much since.
Danny Sullivan said Google is currently working on updating the portal again...

Google Tests People Also Search For Feature On Cursor Hover?
Google may be testing a feature in the search results where the people also search for box not only shows up when you click back from the web site, into the search results again but also when you hover your mouse cursor over the snippet...

Beau Graves - The Search Community Honors You
This is part of the say something nice about an SEO/SEM series - feel free to nominate someone over here.
Beau Graves lives in Payson, Utah with his family including his wife of 11 years (who he met when he was 18) and his two children. He is the SEO Cowboy and clearly a family man...

George Peabody, The Philanthropist, Gets A Google Logo
On the Google home page today is a very kind looking Google Doodle with George Peabody and children. The Doodle is not there because of George Peabody's birthday, that would be on February 18, 1795, 223+ years ago...